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发帖数: 3781 | 1 In other words, Premillennialism accepts the literal resurrection and natura
lly accepts a literal Millennium. Only a literal interpretation of Revelatio
n 20:4 will arrive at Premillennialism. A literal resurrection and Millenniu
m compliment one another. The Premillennialist is consistently literal in hi
s interpretation of Revelation 20:4-5. The amillennialist interpretation of
this text in Revelations 20:4-5 claims that the first resurrection refers to
a spiritual resurrection of the soul instead of a bodily and literal resurr
ection. If the amillennialist takes the resurrection to be literal then he w
ould have to also take the 1,000 years to be literal. This would upset his s
ystem of eschatological interpretation which teaches there will be no litera
l Millennium over the earth and only one literal resurrection on the last da
y.
The key belief of every premillennialist list is that the Kingdom is literal
and is still future whereas the amillennial system of interpretation denies
the literalness of a future earthly kingdom, claiming that it is an allegor
ical kingdom over which Christ rules today in the hearts or people. Premille
nnialism teaches that Christ will come before the kingdom (1,000 years) is e
stablished and set up the kingdom whereas Postmillennialism teaches that Chr
ist comes after the kingdom has already been established and runs its course
. The premillennial view adheres to a literal interpretation of the Bible. T
his means that it does not spiritualize/allegorize the texts of Scripture th
at teach numerical truth and literal prophetic events.
Certainly Paul believed in the literal fulfillment of the covenant promises
when saying in Acts 26:6-7: "And now I stand and am judged for the hope of t
he promise made of God unto our fathers: Unto which promise our twelve tribe
s, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake,
king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing in
credible with you, that God should raise the dead?" |
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